Improvement in wagon-jacks



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

JAMES WEATHERS, OF GREENSBURG, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-JACKS- Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 121,030, dated November 14, 1871.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JAMES WEATHERS, of Greensburg, in the county ofDecatur and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Wagon-Jack; and do hereby declarethat thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of referencemarked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a Wagon-jack, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

. In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, Iwill now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a perspective view of my machine. 7

A and B represent the legs, which are pivoted at their upper ends by asingle bolt, a, one on each side to the front end of the lever O. Theleg A has on its front edge a series of notches, b b, as shown. To theside of the lever G, a suitable distance from the front end, is pivoteda bar, D, having a staple, 01, passed through its front end, one tang,e, of said staple passing entirely through said bar, and being ofsufficient length to catch in the notches b b on the leg A.

With this machine it matters not how uneven the ground may be or wherethewagon stands. When the legs are divided any obstacle may be shunned,and the legs can be spread so as to raise either a high or a low Wagon.When the wagon is raised it can go neither forward nor backward. Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

. The within-described wagon-jack, composed of the legA with notches bb, leg B, lever (J, and bar D with tang or pin 0, the lever and legsbeing pivoted together by one bolt, a, all substantially as herein setforth.

- In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 23d day of September,

1871. JAMES WEATHERS.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. STARK, A. B. STARK. (79)

